Monday, December 19, 2011

Bethel Finance: Labor court discusses renewed general strike

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Bethel Finance news:
Histadrut, General Federation of Labor head Ofer Eini today asked the National Labor Court president Judge Nili Arad to allow renewal of the general strike on the issue of contract workers. The Histadrut began a general strike on this issue in early November due to its demand to transfer as many contract workers as possible to direct employment both in the public and private sectors. However, Arad ordered suspension of the strike after just four hours, ruling that channels of dialogue had yet to be exhausted.

This afternoon the court reconvened behind closed doors and discussions are likely to last through the night. Ministry of Finance budget director Gal Hershkowitz will present the government's position on the matter.

Arad is expected to tell the sides that discussions must be speeded up and that one final chance for dialogue must be given before the strike can continue. Eini will argue that there is nothing left to discuss after the deadline for talks has already been extended four times.

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